NORTH CAROLINA
StarNews
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 10:28 by F. T. Norton
Charges of sexual battery against former Duplin County priest Father Edgar Sepulveda have been dismissed by the Brunswick County District Attorney’s Office, according to a press release from the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh.
Sepulveda, 49, was arrested Jan. 8, 2010, on charges of second-degree sexual offense and sexual battery, after the diocese reported allegations of sexual misconduct had been made against him.
In a release Monday, the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh said Sepulveda was then placed on administrative leave.
The release states that once the criminal investigation began, the diocese suspended its own investigation at the behest of law enforcement.
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